If I'd Been Born an Eagle

by Huun-Huur-Tu

If I'd Been Born an Eagle cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 January 1997
  • Label: Shanachie
  • Country: Russia
  • Length: 52:00
  • Community rating: 4.05/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Sayan Bapa, Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Theodore Levin, Galina Surin, body percussion, Nikolai Kuular, Anatoli Kuular, German Popov, Ratislav Kendenbil

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The group's third album, recorded in the Netherlands, sets traditional Tuvan material beside contemporary songs from the latter half of the twentieth century across sixteen tracks running 51:59. Russian guests Sergei Starostin and German Popov add kalinka and shoor flutes to the quartet's throat singing, igil and doshpuluur.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, ritualistic, vocal, traditional, percussive, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. Taraan-Taraam (3:28)
  2. Don't Frighten The Crane (5:47)
  3. Dadyr-Todur (1:17)
  4. Samagaltai (4:03)
  5. Orai-La Boldu-La (2:48)
  6. Herder's Conversation (2:35)
  7. Bai-Taiga (4:23)
  8. Chylandyk (2:12)
  9. Daglarim (1:36)
  10. Chadaana (2:52)
  11. Dangyna (2:57)
  12. Donen-Shilgi (3:16)
  13. Tozhular Yry (3:36)
  14. Shaldyg-Xaya (2:51)
  15. Song Of A Lonely Man (5:35)
  16. Erge-Sholee Biste Turda (2:37)

Credits

  • Alexei Saryglar - bells [konguluur], igil, vocals, percussion [duyug, boiled and dried horses hooves clacked together], percussion [xapchyck, rattle made from sheep kneebones in bull's testicle], bass drum [d眉ngg眉r], vocals, percussion [t眉ngg眉r], bells [konguluur], percussion [duyug], vocals, body percussion [imitation of cuckoo bird with hands], percussion [d眉ngg眉r], bells [kunguluur], percussion [tungur]
  • Anatoli Kuular - byzaanchi, byzaanchi, vocals, byzaanchi, jew's harp [xomus], vocals, flute [amyrga], reeds [ediski, birchbark reed that imitates a young deer], jew's harp [xomus]
  • German Popov - flute [shoor, five-hole ended-blown wooden flute], flute [shoor]
  • Kaigal-Ool Khovalyg - vocals, igil, igil, vocals, igil, vocals, overtone voice [x枚枚mei], vocals, igil, overtone voice [kargyraa], vocals, overtone voice [kargyraa], igil, vocals, whistle [whistles]
  • Sergey Starostin - flute [wooden], flute [kaliuka, end-blown wooden flute without finger holes]
  • Kertik-ool Danzyn - bayan
  • Sergei Badyraa - composed by [melody]
  • Ted Levin - liner notes [liner note text and translations], liner notes, photography, executive producer
  • Joan Pelosi - design [booklet design], design
  • Theodore Levin - executive-producer, photography by
  • Robert Vosgien - mastered by [digital mastering], mastering
  • Milan 膯iri膰 - engineer [recording and mixing engineer]
  • Valentina Suzukei - liner notes [liner note text and translations with help from]
  • Ratislav Kendenbil - composed by
  • Nikolai Kuular - lyrics by

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